The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1997
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
11:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.61° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.50° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.